OFCOM has cleared BBC presenter Jonathan Ross of making homophobic slurs on his Radio 2 show.
Earlier this year there were 61 complaints after Ross suggested that boys who wanted a Hannah Montana mp3 player were gay and should be put up for adoption. The adoption thing may have taken the concept too far, but the first part of the statement I’d have to agree with.
An episode of Coronation street which was shown on Easter Sunday has caused controversy and has seen viewers complain to Ofcom over what was seen by many as an ‘attack’ on Christianity.
The storyline in the episode depicted Ken Barlow saying that the Christian faith targetted “vulnerable people”. Ken also said his grandson Simon’s school was “indoctrinating” him with regard to Christianity and Ken ranted that he would tell Simon “the truth” about religion.
ITV’s message boards and forums have since been inundated by posts from viewers who deemed the episode’s content “completely unacceptable”… Read more & comment »
The recent controversial EastEnders paedophile storyline has been officially cleared of “breaching broadcasting rules” by TV watchdog Ofcom.
The story involving the Jackson family ran from September to December last year and prompted around ninety viewers to complain to Ofcom that the subject matter wasn’t appropriate for a “pre-watershed slot” audience, many of whom, the complaints suggested, could have been young children… Read more & comment »
There’s recently been a good deal of debate about the rights and wrongs of swearing and violence on TV, so we thought we’d take a look at these issues and ask your opinion on the rights and wrongs of it.
Let’s start with the issue of swearing and of course, one for whom swearing is virtually a trademark is Gordon Ramsay, who even has a show entitled, The F Word.
Gordon’s made a niche for himself in the over-populated world of TV chefs because of his constant use of the F word… but is it a bad thing?
Comedian Frank Skinner recently commented to The Sun that TV chefs swear in order to look “more manly” because they do “women’s work”. Obviously, Frank meant this in a tongue-in-cheek way, but perhaps he’s not so far off the mark.
OFCOM has issued a report criticising British soaps for showing excessive amounts of violence before the watershed.
OFCOM singled out ITV soap, Emmerdale, in its report after it received numerous complaints about the violence shown surrounding the kidnap of Tom and Sadie King.
According to Ofcom, one of the scenes contained a “significant amount of blood” and a close-up of the character’s injury.
ITV defended the scenes stating:
“Whilst Emmerdale stories do not condone violent acts, it need not and should not shy away from them,” the broadcaster told Ofcom.
It said it had reached an “appropriate balance between dramatic entertainment and offence”.
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